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Alexandre Francois, Norwood AU

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20110253909

OPTICAL SENSING VIA CAVITY MODE EXCITATIONS IN THE STIMULATED EMISSION REGIME - A method for analyzing a dense medium with optical cavity modes, comprising the steps of: disposing at least a part of a microlaser into the dense medium; and before, during, or after disposing the part of the microlaser into the dense medium, sensing a condition or a change of the dense medium by means of analysis of optical cavity modes.

Alexandre Francois, Chuo-Ku JP

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20110019186

CLUSTERS OF MICRORESONATORS FOR CAVITY MODE OPTICAL SENSING - A method for sensing a target object using optical mode excitations in microresonators, comprises: preparing at least one cluster including at least two microresonators; obtaining some first spectra of the cluster; adsorbing the target object on a surface of the cluster; obtaining some second spectra of the cluster; and sensing the target object by comparing a lineshape of the first spectra with a lineshape of the second spectra.

01-27-2011

Alexandre Francois, North Adelaide AU

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20140330131

METHOD OF AND A SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERISING A MATERIAL - A system for characterising a material is provided. The system includes an optical sensor including an optical waveguide, the optical waveguide having first and second ends and being characterised by having a numerical aperture greater than or equal to 0.2, and a microresonator including an optically active material, the microresonator being positioned in an optical near field of an end face of the first end of the optical waveguide such that the optically active material is excitable by light. The system further includes a light source for exciting the optically active material of the microresonator so as to generate whispering gallery modes (WGMs) in the microresonator and a light collector for collecting an intensity of light that is associated with the WGMs excited in the microresonator.

11-06-2014

Alexandre Guy Michel Francois, South Australia AU

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20130063726

SENSOR AND A METHOD FOR CHARACTERISING A DIELECTRIC MATERIAL - The present disclosure provides a method of characterising a dielectric material. The method comprises the step of providing a light source, a light collector and a sensor. The sensor is arranged so that an evanescent field of light penetrates through a surface of the sensor and surface plasmons are generated at the surface of the sensor when suitable light is directed along at least a portion of the sensor. The method also includes the step of exposing the surface of the sensor to the dielectric material so that an interface is formed between the surface and the dielectric material. Further, the method comprises guiding light along at least a portion of the sensor to generate the surface plasmons. In addition, the method comprises the step of collecting an intensity of light from the interface as a function of a spectral parameter of the light. Further, the present disclosure provides an apparatus for characterising the dielectric material in accordance with the method.

Holly L. Francois, Guildford GB

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20090106021

ROBUST TWO MICROPHONE NOISE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM - A system, method, and apparatus for separating speech signal from a noisy acoustic environment. The separation process may include directional filtering, blind source separation, and dual input spectral subtraction noise suppressor. The input channels may include two omnidirectional microphones whose output is processed using phase delay filtering to form speech and noise beamforms. Further, the beamforms may be frequency corrected. The omnidirectional microphones generate one channel that is substantially only noise, and another channel that is a combination of noise and speech. A blind source separation algorithm augments the directional separation through statistical techniques. The noise signal and speech signal are then used to set process characteristics at a dual input noise spectral subtraction suppressor (DINS) to efficiently reduce or eliminate the noise component. In this way, the noise is effectively removed from the combination signal to generate a good qualify speech signal.

04-23-2009

20090197564

TEMPORARY STORAGE OR SPECIALIZED TRANSMISSION OF MULTI-MICROPHONE SIGNALS - A communication device contains multiple microphones that receive acoustic signals from a user and from the background. The acoustic signals from the user are enhanced using the background acoustic signals to reduce background noise. The enhanced signal are transmitted to an emergency network when an emergency call is made from the communication device. The raw signals are stored in the communication device for later retrieval or are transmitted simultaneously with the enhanced signals. The enhanced signals are transmitted using a circuit-switched voice mode while the raw signals are transmitted using a packet-switched voice mode.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING A PARAMETER FOR LOW BIT RATE STEREO TRANSMISSION - A method for estimating a parameter for low bit rate stereo transmission that includes deriving estimate of any time delay between left and right audio channels in a multi-channel signal from a time delay subsystem. A cross-correlation between the left and right audio channels in the time delay subsystem is employed. Thereafter a normalized cross-correlation within an inter-channel intensity difference (IID) processor is employed before deriving estimate of panning gains for the left and right audio channels from the IID processor.

02-09-2012

20130151260

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUDIO ENCODING - A method and apparatus provides for encoding an audio signal. A bit rate value is received. A set of energy thresholds based on the bit rate value is selected. The set of energy thresholds is one of a plurality of sets of energy thresholds. The energy thresholds of each set of energy thresholds correspond on a one-to-one basis with a set of sub-bands of the audio signal. The audio signal is received. The energy of each sub-band of the set of sub-bands is determined. A highest frequency sub-band that has an energy exceeding the corresponding threshold is determined. A selected bandwidth of the audio signal is encoded. The selected bandwidth includes only those frequencies of the audio signal that are in the highest frequency sub-band that has an energy exceeding the corresponding threshold, as well as the lower frequencies of the audio signal that are above a high-pass cut-off frequency.

06-13-2013

20140088973

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A hybrid speech encoder detects changes from music-like sounds to speech-like sounds. When the encoder detects music-like sounds (e.g., music), it operates in a first mode, in which it employs a frequency domain coder. When the encoder detects speech-like sounds (e.g., human speech), it operates in a second mode, and employs a time domain or waveform coder. When a switch occurs, the encoder backfills a gap in the signal with a portion of the signal occurring after the gap.

03-27-2014

Patent applications by Holly L. Francois, Guildford GB

Isabelle Francois, Opvelp BE

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20140097106

MULTIPLE COMPARTMENT CONTAINER - The present invention provides a container suitable for the packaging and storage in separate compartments of at least two products, which need to be combined to prepare a ready-to-use product, such as a ready-to-eat food product. When the preparation of the ready-to-use product is desired, the container of the present invention allows to easily combine the contents of said compartments and to evacuate the combined products from the container through a closable opening without dislodging any one of the compartments from one another. In case the container is used to package and store components of a ready-to-eat food product, it is preferred that the design of the container allows for the practical consumption of the prepared ready-to-eat food directly from the container.

Marc Francois, Landegem BE

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20140270885

Label Printer - A cassette comprising at least one portion for engaging with a cooperating locking element of a tape printer when said cassette is correctly located in said printer, said portion comprising an elongate conductive bar extending along said cassette in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of a supply roll housed in said cassette.

09-18-2014

Marc Karel Josef Francois, Kapellen BE

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20090176813

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS OF TMC278 - This invention concerns pharmaceutical compositions for administration via intramuscular or subcutaneous injection, comprising micro- or nanoparticles of the NNRTI compound TMC278, suspended in an aqueous pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and the use of such pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment and prophylaxis of HIV infection.

07-09-2009

Marc Karel Jozef Francois, Kapellen BE

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20080234291

Mitratapide Oral Solution - The present invention concerns an oral solution comprising the MTP inhibitor mitratapide or an pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, a process for preparing such solutions, and their use in the treatment of MTP-related disorders such as hyperlipidemia, obesity, or type II diabetes.

09-25-2008

Patent applications by Marc Karel Jozef Francois, Kapellen BE

Marc K.j. Francois, Kapellen BE

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20090042935

NOVEL IV FORMULATION OF TIPIFARNIB - This invention concerns compositions of tipifarnib, mannitol, and hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin and, suitable for intravenous (IV) administration. The invention further concerns the use of such formulation and processes for preparing such formulations and methods of treating by administering said formulations.

02-12-2009

Melanie Francois, Brussegem BE

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20140172483

EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Event management systems, methods, and computer program products. The event management system receives data defining participants and dates for an event, such as a business meeting. The system may determine the availability of the participants on the proposed dates based on data received from one or more calendar applications, if available. The system may then generate a plurality of event options based on participant availability and option costs. An event organizer may then select options from the plurality of options, and cause the selected options to be sent to the participants. The participants classify the received options as preferred, acceptable, or unacceptable. Based on these classifications, the system determines acceptable options which may include a “best option”. The event organizer selects one or more acceptable options for confirmation by the participants. In response to the participants confirming an option, the option may be booked by the event management system.

06-19-2014

Oscar Francois, Lausanne CH

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20140298022

MOBILE VIRTUALIZATION PLATFORM FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL OF A MEDICAL DEVICE - The invention concerns a medical assembly which insures a secured communication between a medical device (like a insulin pump) and its remote control which manages the medical device. To this effect, said assembly use an external microcontroller (MCU) which contains the secured data and uses a cryptographic mechanism to communicate with the medical device. One single external microcontroller (MCU) is paired with only one medical device in such a way the patient can change several times of remote device although aware that the re mote device, in which said external protected MCU is inserted, is the single remote device paired with the medical device. In said assembly, said medical device and said external microcontroller (MCU) comprise secured memories which contain the wireless communication configuration in such a way the devices know in advance the good configuration.

10-02-2014

Roger Francois, Sint-Eloois-Vijve BE

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20090277796

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTROPLATING A SUBSTRATE IN A CONTINUOUS WAY - The invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for depositing a metal coating on an electrically conductive substrate in a continuous way. The apparatus comprises at least one plating vessel for receiving an electrolyte solution; at least one plating unit, and means to pass said substrate through said at least one plating vessel. The plating unit comprises—a first zone comprising at least one first electrode (anode) said first electrode being connected to a positive pole of a power supply; —a second zone comprising at least one second electrode (cathode) said second electrode being connected to a negative pole of a power supply; —an intermediate zone between said first zone and said second zone, said intermediate zone separating said first zone from said second by a predetermined distance being larger than zero. The substrate is functioning as a cathode having a current density Jc when the substrate is facing the first electrode, whereas the substrate is functioning as an anode having a current density Ja when the substrate is facing the second electrode.

11-12-2009

Stéphane Maxime Francois, Breakeyville CA

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20100235279

ONLINE TRANSACTION VALIDATION USING A LOCATION OBJECT - A method that comprises obtaining from end user equipment a location object caused to be stored on the end user equipment by a service provider; and validating an online transaction attempted using the end user equipment, based at least in part on the location object so obtained. The method may further comprise obtaining transaction object information provided via the end user equipment; and obtaining information to assist in validating online transactions attempted using the transaction object information. The validating of the online transaction may comprise comparing a location specified by the location object to the information to assist in validating online transactions attempted using the transaction object information and taking a validation action based on a result of the comparing.

09-16-2010

Stéphane Maxime Francois, Breakeyville CA

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20100235279

ONLINE TRANSACTION VALIDATION USING A LOCATION OBJECT - A method that comprises obtaining from end user equipment a location object caused to be stored on the end user equipment by a service provider; and validating an online transaction attempted using the end user equipment, based at least in part on the location object so obtained. The method may further comprise obtaining transaction object information provided via the end user equipment; and obtaining information to assist in validating online transactions attempted using the transaction object information. The validating of the online transaction may comprise comparing a location specified by the location object to the information to assist in validating online transactions attempted using the transaction object information and taking a validation action based on a result of the comparing.

09-16-2010

Stephane Michel Francois, Nepean CA

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20130311901

OBJECT INTERACTION RECORDATION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for recording interactions between a user and specific objects. An interaction recordation system first receives an indication from a user that an interaction is to be recorded. The system prompts the user for an identification of the object with which the user has interacted. After receiving this identification, the system can then prompt the user for more details regarding the object as well as details about the interaction, including the user's impressions, feedback, and opinions about the object. These various inputs are then uploaded to a server where they can be accessed by the user. At least some of these impressions and feedback can also be anonymously shared by the user with other users who might be interested in the same object. The object can be a location, a business, an item, an application, or anything which the user can use, purchase, visit, or interact with.